Allentown trash collection postponed for Thanksgiving

CESAR L. LAURE, THE MORNING CALL

An employee of the Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste empties an Allentown litter basket. Allentown's trash and recycling service will be postponed for Thanksgiving.

An employee of the Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste empties an Allentown litter basket. Allentown's trash and recycling service will be postponed for Thanksgiving. (CESAR L. LAURE, THE MORNING CALL)

Trash and recycling collection in Allentown has been postponed on the night of Thanksgiving.

Thursday customers can place recycling bins and yard waste on the curb on Friday night. The next trash collection will be taken on Dec. 1 when 10 bags of trash will be permitted.

The city's yard waste facility at Oxford Drive and Fish Hatchery Road will be open on Dec. 6 to accept electronics items. The event is for city residents only.

This will be the last week for curbside yard waste collection. Yard waste should be placed on the curb on a customer's regularly scheduled recycling night. After Dec. 1, residents should bag their leaves in plastic bags and call the Bureau of Streets at 610-437-7638 to schedule a pickup.